LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy & the Steamers The S.S. Larchwood and The S.S. Burma
.—At 9 A.M. on 27th January the Life-boat Motor Mechanic and Bowman put out in the boarding dinghy to run the Life- boat's engines, and hang out riding lights. As they were rowing out to the moorings a dense fog settled. They missed the...
Services of the Life-Boats In July, August and September. 138 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
Lifeboat Services In March, April, May, June and July. 260 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
The American Steamer Santa Cecilia, of New York and The Destroyer Camp
NOVEMBER 18TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. The American steamer Santa Cecilia, of New York, had collided with the American escorting destroyer Camp, but other vessels took them in tow. - Rewards, £10 4s..
The Life-Boat Stamp Club
Miss MARGARET POWER, of Mount Royal, Old Common, Cobham, Surrey, the honorary secretary of the Life-boat Stamp Club, will be very glad to receive from readers of The Life-boat any stamps of the King Edward VIII issue which they will be...
Category: Articles
Branch Knees-Up
Cwmbran branch and Parsley Hay country dance band recently organised a ceilidh at Cwmbran Rugby Club in aid of the RNLI. You can see from the above photograph that the band fully entered into the spirit of the occasion - but this comes as no... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dramatic Shot of Teesmouth's Tyne Class Lifeboat City of Sheffield
A dramatic shot of Teesmouth's Tyne class lifeboat City of Sheffield during her service to the Swedish vessel Stora Korsnas Link 1 which was on fire with a potentially explosive cargo. A full account of this service which, ironically,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Spurn Head Lifeboat Station By Christopher R Elliott
WHEN i WORKED for a weekly newspaper in the late 1940s on the Grimsby/ Cleethorpes side of the Humber I used to dream of visiting Spurn Head on the Yorkshire side. Certainly, when viewed through one of the telescopes on the front on a clear...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
Shoreline Section WITH LITTLE publicity, Shoreline is now making a major contribution to the Institution's funds and it is hoped that this year enough will be raised to pay the cost of an offshore lifeboat.
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Category: Articles
A Boat
Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 7.10 on the morning of the 26th of April, 1957, the life-boat coxswain was told that a small boat was missing from the harbour.
There were marks in the sand indicat- ing that she had been dragged...